Thread: when you buy fabric, do you expect any extra length?
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Old 07-03-2014, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter View Post
Both quilt shops near me cut it exactly to the measurement. That wouldn't bother me except fabric is so often on the bolt crooked that you always have to square it up and loose a bit. I just have come to realize you have to buy a bit extra to get what you need.
No! You shouldn't have to buy extra because the clerk isn't lining up the fabric straight with the crooked part off to right and off the edge of the straight part. I watch one of our shops (not naming any names) like a hawk: every time I've pointed out that the crooked part is useless and thus waste fabric, they've "done the right thing."

One of our shops always straightens the fabric and then cuts it exactly if it's a new bolt: otherwise, it's already been straightened.

Our third shop also always straightens the fabric and also gives a bit extra.

Guess who gets the lion's share of my business?
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